#Create a table of contents in adobe acrobat pdf#

Save it as recipe.toml, and use the pdftocgen command to automatically generate an outline $ pdftocgen onlisp.pdf tocĪnd import it to the PDF file using pdftocio: $ pdftocio -o output.pdf onlisp.pdf < toc You could use the pdfxmeta tool to build a 'recipe' file ]

#Create a table of contents in adobe acrobat download#

It uses the embedded font attributes and position information of headings to generate a table of contents automatically.įor example, for the PDF version Paul Graham's On Lisp, available for download on his website but comes without a table of contents. I wrote an open source command line toolset called pdf.tocgen just for doing this. (although Emacs's amazing PDF-tools and Zathura are my favorite PDF editor and viewer respectively).

It works well under wine.Īlthough not related to the question, I just would like to add that at the moment PDF X-Change viewer appears to me to be the most powerful PDF editor/viewer on linux. If these options do not work, then I would also like to recommend PDF-XChange Viewer as a very powerful bookmark/contents extractor (selected text can be easily added to the bookmarks). In the Create Link dialog box, set the link appearance, select Go To A Page View, and then click Next. Choose Tools > Edit PDF > Link > Add or Edit, and select the area for the link. However, I would suggest you try the python script called document-contents-extractor to extract the contents. Link to a file attachment Open a PDF that contains a PDF file attachment. (Not enough reputation points to comment) Like the answer by Patrick Bourdon, I would also recommend HandyOutliner ( ). In case this package's functionality is not sufficient or using Emacs is no option then the remaining part of this answer remains valid. It includes options to extract the TOC via OCR. Using this package becomes even easier with the toc-mode package for (Spac)Emacs described next.įor all other PDF and DJVU documents there is a new package called toc-mode for Emacs, which in my opinion provides the easiest way to add Table of Contents to documents (for linux and possibly also for different OS's). PDF's not created from scans, I recommend to use (and upvote the answer by Krasjet) pdf.tocgen. You will now have a PDF with a Clickable Table of Contents.For 'software-generated' PDF-files, i.e. Click the Options Button>Tick ‘Create Bookmarks using Headings. That is:įile>Then Save As>Navigate to where you wish to save the PDF>Click the little Arrow at>Save As Type:>Change Word Document (*.doxs) to PDF (*pdf). Once the Table of Contents has been created follow the same So you must create a Table of Contents using Word>References>Click on Table of Contents.

However, Microsoft Edge Reader does not have a Side Bar for Bookmarks. Your PDF will now have a clickable table of ‘Bookmark’ using the various headings.Ĭreate a PDF with Table of Contents using Edge PDF ReaderĬreate your document as above. Make sure that Bookmarks is enabled>View>Show/Hide>Navigation Panes>Tick Bookmarks. If you open your PDF using Acrobat Reader the side bar will have a Clickable Table of Contents. Construct your article using headings.Ĭlick on File>Then on Save As>Navigate to where you wish to save the PDF>Click the little Arrow at>Save As Type:>Change Word Document (*.doxs) to PDF (*pdf). There are two ways to Create a PDF with a Clickable Table of Contents depending on whether you use Acrobat Reader or Microsoft’s Edge PDF Reader (or similar).Ĭreate a PDF with Table of Contents using Acrobat Reader How to Create a PDF with Clickable Table of Contents